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[laughter] >> i want to echo steve's point about the constitution and law. we are talking about unilateral presidential power. i mean bush went into iraq with an authorization to use military force. obama bombs in libya without the consent of congress, without consulting congress and those few days afterwards he sent a letter to congress where he mentions the war powers resolution but he doesn't invoke it are. in fact there's only been one president since the war powers resolution was passed in the early 1970s that didn't and that was actually after the military action in question. so no president has actually invoked the wave the war powers resolution was supposed to legitimately be exercised and it is surprising that you have the president and obama who said during the campaign that he would consult with congress on in offensive military action and libya is one. you are bombing military infrastructure. it is clearly -- a clearly calls for at least lisa consultation with congress as required by the war powers resolution is not an authorization for use of fo
[laughter] >> i want to echo steve's point about the constitution and law. we are talking about unilateral presidential power. i mean bush went into iraq with an authorization to use military force. obama bombs in libya without the consent of congress, without consulting congress and those few days afterwards he sent a letter to congress where he mentions the war powers resolution but he doesn't invoke it are. in fact there's only been one president since the war powers resolution was...
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steve, a democrat in florida. steve, you're on the air, go ahead. steve? >> caller: hello, i'm there. >> host: all right. we're listening. >> caller: all right. i have two questions. number one, ms.roth, you're referring to a lot of cutbacks on federal regulations on business, on corporations. >> guest: yes. >> caller: what if we were to cut the corporate income tax rate down to 14% because much of the larger corporations don't pay more than 14% anyway, and as a counterbalance, repeal the law that enables the corporations to take their operations overseas. i heard that the reason why they do this is to prevent double taxations. you know, if a corporation is not providing jobs for americans, why would that be our problem, and the other thing i wanted to ask is when the market was going down yesterday, i was listening to a show that was saying that a lot of people are taking their money out of stocks and purchasing u.s. treasuries because that was the, i guess, at least equals. wouldn't that be a good thing? i'll go offline to listen to your comments. >> hos
steve, a democrat in florida. steve, you're on the air, go ahead. steve? >> caller: hello, i'm there. >> host: all right. we're listening. >> caller: all right. i have two questions. number one, ms.roth, you're referring to a lot of cutbacks on federal regulations on business, on corporations. >> guest: yes. >> caller: what if we were to cut the corporate income tax rate down to 14% because much of the larger corporations don't pay more than 14% anyway, and as a...
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they see steve you're a conservative. how does that work? it's amazing. he said because i had a little permit course from him and some of the folks who helped her with talking about the dramatic technological advances made in ethanol to make it more competitive and make it a product we can actually compete on the market. every time i meet with a group of ethanol folks i say you guys do as bad of a job as anyone i've seen. everywhere you go, whether new hampshire, south carolina, to this, pennsylvania, ethanol is a boondoggle. it's an energy consumer, this, that. they say he know that was true back when i was voting against it in the ethanol subsidies back in the 90s, when basically people produce ethanol, but it's not true anymore. and so i stood up in that i feel like an aa meeting. i'm going to vote against ethanol subsidies, so i did because it's the kind they did make sense. but he credited the industry, they've done a lot to improve the efficiency and technology and i knew i was on the right track racing ethanol as a viable source, that al gore came
they see steve you're a conservative. how does that work? it's amazing. he said because i had a little permit course from him and some of the folks who helped her with talking about the dramatic technological advances made in ethanol to make it more competitive and make it a product we can actually compete on the market. every time i meet with a group of ethanol folks i say you guys do as bad of a job as anyone i've seen. everywhere you go, whether new hampshire, south carolina, to this,...
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as chairman rockefeller stated i'm steve bruno. vice president of the locomotive engineers and train men, which is a part of the teamsters. my comments will be submitted for the record. everyone acknowledges that our nation's infrastructure is in dire need of repair and expansion. the safety of the traveling public and the jobs created by funding and maintenance, by funding the our struck tuck for everyone affected and nation as a whole. >> twice as much as 5% of the gdp and china invests 9% or three times as much as the united states relative to gdp. america badly needs the economic boost infrastructure investment provides. private investment dollars sit idle on the sidelines while unemployment subornly remains near record levels. infrastructure investment is a proven economic stimulator and a job creator and it is an investment in the future of america. infrastructure investment creates jobs and grows the economy but we need to finance it. and for that, some would overly rely on the private sector. we believe there is a role for
as chairman rockefeller stated i'm steve bruno. vice president of the locomotive engineers and train men, which is a part of the teamsters. my comments will be submitted for the record. everyone acknowledges that our nation's infrastructure is in dire need of repair and expansion. the safety of the traveling public and the jobs created by funding and maintenance, by funding the our struck tuck for everyone affected and nation as a whole. >> twice as much as 5% of the gdp and china invests...
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steve larsen who is director of the centers for consumer information, an insurance oversight or the cchio with the centers for medicare and medicaid services. prior to his current position, mr. larsen served as director of the division of insurance oversight at cchio. welcome, mr. larsen. you will have 5 minutes to present your testimony. thank you. >> good morning, chairwoman ellmers, ranking member majors and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss how the affordable care act is improving the affordibility, accessibility and the quality of health insurance available to small businesses and their employees. providing and maintaining health insurance coverage for employees has been a challenge for small businesses for many years. states have struggled for decades, really, to improve their small group health insurance market, and i know this from my many years of experiences, insurance commissioner in the state of maryland. small businesses pay significantly more than large firms for the same health insurance policy. some estimates put that at about 18% more.
steve larsen who is director of the centers for consumer information, an insurance oversight or the cchio with the centers for medicare and medicaid services. prior to his current position, mr. larsen served as director of the division of insurance oversight at cchio. welcome, mr. larsen. you will have 5 minutes to present your testimony. thank you. >> good morning, chairwoman ellmers, ranking member majors and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss how the...
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and then derrick right down here in front. >> thank you, steve. i'm will davis with united nations office here in dc. just a wick -- quick question for the ambassador. does the u.n. peace keeping mission have the resources necessary to carry out the role that's been asked to do this support of the elections particularly since the indian contingent has announced they are taking home their helicopters. are they going to need to divert resources from the already mandate occupying activity of protection of civilians in order to help on the election front? thank you. >> thank you. yes, sir. right in front. >> herbert. i wonder whether one could get the members of the panel to talk about politics. in other words, why have we moved from a top round -- two round to a one round system? why are the election lists unavailable? isn't it a little bit almost unrealistic and perhaps even demeaning for the congoese to assume which is the -- seems to me the assumption behind some of the statements made that this is all inefficiency. coming late to the table. as if
and then derrick right down here in front. >> thank you, steve. i'm will davis with united nations office here in dc. just a wick -- quick question for the ambassador. does the u.n. peace keeping mission have the resources necessary to carry out the role that's been asked to do this support of the elections particularly since the indian contingent has announced they are taking home their helicopters. are they going to need to divert resources from the already mandate occupying activity of...
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[inaudible conversations] steve, sit, please. i, again, have the honor of introducing the lunchon speakers. we are privileged to have robert reischauer, the public trustees the social security and medicare system for three years or more than three years, these slots are vacant and fortunately for all of us, bob and chuck have been selected. as everybody knows, bob has a long career in public policy. he was the directer of the congressional budget office and is now president of the urban institute. chuck started in a strange direction as a ph.d. in quantum chemistry from berkley, but then was on the hill and president bush's national economic council and now research fellow at the hoover institution. they were chosen for their high level experience, their acute policy insight, and for their many talents, not the least of which a rare ability to command respect across the policy spectrum. chuck will talk about social security. bob has a harder job of talking about medicare. they are both delighted to take questions at the end of th
[inaudible conversations] steve, sit, please. i, again, have the honor of introducing the lunchon speakers. we are privileged to have robert reischauer, the public trustees the social security and medicare system for three years or more than three years, these slots are vacant and fortunately for all of us, bob and chuck have been selected. as everybody knows, bob has a long career in public policy. he was the directer of the congressional budget office and is now president of the urban...
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. >> caller: oh, good morning, steve. thanks, c-span and everybody that works there. i have several points. i live in a small community. we have a town probably 20 miles from here. it's called boine city. they're going to be building a factory that produces surgical instruments. they're based, i think, out of sue saint marie, michigan but there's also some very negatives. i had my wages slashed, a summer job i had. i worked in education by $1.50 an hour down to $10 an hour. that's not a positive. and there's really no recourse. >> host: so, cathy, tie that in to the president's three-day bus tour through the midwest. caller: -- >> caller: why doesn't he come to smaller communities in lewis michigan, and a tribal land where you have tribal land up here in emmett county. it's really -- the truth is that it's -- most often it's a very set of factories that supports communities like this. it isn't just -- >> host: it's also a big tourist town, isn't it. >> caller: tourism doesn't pay high wages. maybe for the business owners, for some of them but not for the general worke
. >> caller: oh, good morning, steve. thanks, c-span and everybody that works there. i have several points. i live in a small community. we have a town probably 20 miles from here. it's called boine city. they're going to be building a factory that produces surgical instruments. they're based, i think, out of sue saint marie, michigan but there's also some very negatives. i had my wages slashed, a summer job i had. i worked in education by $1.50 an hour down to $10 an hour. that's not a...
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i just don't think -- i think there's one person, steve jobs, who is a unique blend of chromosomes, who can get unique touch with a person like martha, to get in touch. we hear 3d movies aren't doing well. four out of five households make less than $55,000 a year in this country. if you don't think that's an interesting way to live, try doing it for some of you that don't. they can't afford 3d. hollywood is starting to flounder. it would be interesting to bring it back if sony teamed up with google to really improve their user experience, or teamed up with disney, or teamed up with a content company that knows how to entertain. and use navigation. because i can't find half of the things that i hear about. i'm in the business. i think those are the two trends that we're going to start to see. better user experience and actually going out and teaching people how to do it. >> great. something about -- we all touched on this a little bit. i do work in the video space. it might be self-serving. the whole concept of how we are consuming. i'm a consumer of media, news, journalism, movies, tele
i just don't think -- i think there's one person, steve jobs, who is a unique blend of chromosomes, who can get unique touch with a person like martha, to get in touch. we hear 3d movies aren't doing well. four out of five households make less than $55,000 a year in this country. if you don't think that's an interesting way to live, try doing it for some of you that don't. they can't afford 3d. hollywood is starting to flounder. it would be interesting to bring it back if sony teamed up with...